You also need to turn on “Use Original Sound” using the toggle in the upper left hand corner of the screen when in the session:

If you’ve been on a Zoom session and people are telling you that your sound cuts off after a second or so when playing your instrument, most likely these two settings are still enabled. Disable them and it should fix the problem.

For those of you on iOS or Android, here’s a video about best sound settings on those devices:

iOS versions of Zoom now support the “Use Original Sound” option to improve sound for music. This turns off the background noise suppression that often causes instruments to get cut off on sustained notes.

You have to turn it on in both your meeting settings as well as when on a Zoom meeting.

In the meeting settings turn on “Use Original Sound” and in the meeting itself, turn on “Enable Original Sound”